A PENSIONER from North Yorkshire has died after falling ill at the wheel of his lorry.
The 65-year-old from Tadcaster was driving on the A1 when he became unwell and left the road.
He was trapped in his cab and later pronounced dead at the scene. A post-mortem conducted late this afternoon showed he had died of natural causes.
The incident involved a blue Scania lorry, and happened on the A1 northbound at Great Ponton near Grantham, at about 8pm yesterday.
A spokeswoman for Lincolnshire Police said: "Police attended a road traffic collision on the A1 northbound at Great Ponton, Grantham.An HGV had left the road, and the driver had died at the scene.
"The road was closed for investigation purposes and to deal with the diesel spillage.The outside lane was re-opened shortly after 9pm.The driver was a 65-year-old man from Tadcaster."
She said that because the driver had died of natural causes, the incident would not be categorised as a road fatality.
Three other people have died on Lincolnshire's roads already this year.
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